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Retaliation against HRDs: GA Third Committee takes a step back – will General Assembly rectify?

December 4, 2013

The Monitor of the ISHR reports that in the Third Committee there was a serious setback in establishing an high-level ‘anti-reprisals focal point’ in the UN. In an unprecedented move, a group of States, led by Gabon and joined by others such as China and Russia, was successful in securing the passage of a resolution in the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly to defer the appointment of such a senior UN official despite Read the rest of this entry »

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Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards

Posts Tagged ‘anti-reprisals focal point’

Retaliation against HRDs: GA Third Committee takes a step back – will General Assembly rectify?

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